You can have honest to goodness cervical cancer without a hysterectomy. A friend of mine has it, and has been treated with radiation. She still has her cervix and uterus.
I do agree that knowing you've been exposed to HPV is not necessarily a reason to get a pap ahead of schedule. OP, the nurses recommendation was a good one in the sense that getting paps too often can lead to over-treatment, which can be harmful. That said, anxiety can also be harmful! If this is going to be really getting to you over the next year, I would search for someone to do a pap. If not, then it's really fine to wait. The every-two-years guideline basically assumes that you HAVE been exposed to HPV, I'm sure, because most people have. It wouldn't make sense if it was only for folks who had never been exposed.
I know that for ME, yeast can occur more during/immediately after my period. Don't know why, but the doc isn't necessarily super wrong about that. However, if you're in discomfort, than treatment is warranted! Who would want to walk around feeling infectioney! :/
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I do agree that knowing you've been exposed to HPV is not necessarily a reason to get a pap ahead of schedule. OP, the nurses recommendation was a good one in the sense that getting paps too often can lead to over-treatment, which can be harmful. That said, anxiety can also be harmful! If this is going to be really getting to you over the next year, I would search for someone to do a pap. If not, then it's really fine to wait. The every-two-years guideline basically assumes that you HAVE been exposed to HPV, I'm sure, because most people have. It wouldn't make sense if it was only for folks who had never been exposed.
I know that for ME, yeast can occur more during/immediately after my period. Don't know why, but the doc isn't necessarily super wrong about that. However, if you're in discomfort, than treatment is warranted! Who would want to walk around feeling infectioney! :/